New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-30
ALMOST AT THE SEAS MERCY.
A srEAMERs BATTLE WITH A HURRICANE.
rHx BERMUDA ARRIVES AFTER AN EvESTFUL voY-

6ort Yesterday She had struck the terrific hurricane
which last week roamed along the Atlantic coast and
battling her way through 1t had received many scars
from the warfare. The vessel was consigned to A.
Outcrbrdge &C., the agents OF the Quebec line, and she
carried general cargo and passenger list Of twelve
persons including three children She sailed from 81.
Kits in the West Indies for NcwYork. August 10.
Captain Frasier commanded her and he reports at
length her rough experience
Up TO august % the vessel had pleasant weather.
with moderate winds from the northeasteast The day
after weather got uger and last Wednesday the
barometer began falling rapidly from 5000 AIS p H.
the wind backed to eastsoutheast and the paro"e'er
was down TO $3.50 Every indication pointed 10 coh'
ing hurricapc travelling about from southeast 10 north
cast All hands were called out and everything aoou'
the deck WAS doi,bly secured. The wind blew with
increasing fury the seas were tremendous all tne
fr,ed wnngs and boat being stripped from the
steamer and cr0ckery in the pantry smashed lnto
fipders The wind stripped oilskins and headgears
from the captain and his chief officer Ats:3O o'clock
ON Thursday morning the barometer down to $3.50
ana wa, still falling The wind backed TO the northeast
and blew with such force that the vessel was laid on
her bean ends Her cargo shifted and the midshp
mort feboat was torn from its fastenings and washed
away the heavy iron grpes being snapped like pipe
stems. Everything movable was carried of the decks
and the saloons cabins flooded with water The
coal.bunkcr hatch smashed in and the stoke hole
flooded About 10 o'clock mighty sea heaped itself
aft on the aborng steamer breaking the aferseering
Wheel starting the deck fixtures aft and on its way for
ward cutting the engineers room and washing away the
starboard coal bunker hatch.
By desperate efforts the chief officer and some OF the
crew succeeded covering the bunker matches with tar
paulns and spiking them down But tie water below
by this time was up the fires, the boilers losing
eteaIn and the steam pumps were useless Soa IRON Tue
up everything This was critical time In the awful
If the Ss a e
and remen stayed desperately at their posts and man
Sssd sep ~ seSs then RUNNING with
the hurricane. At little after 10 a. NJ the vessel was
at its height and the deepest darkness prevailed An
hour later the boarded the bridge and broke tne
About noon on Thursday the centre of the storm ap
peared to have passed close to the vest rayens IN
ton then being latitude 49, Longitude lilo soon afer
IL o'clock the barometer (which mad fallen 70
tack BY p. the wind slackened somewhat ana the
ST O'clock had ce ssed to oscillae wind then blow
ing a moderate gale from the northwest
reached the bottom tier cargo and the ship kept
listing port her lee rail being submered ana every sea
be the last She could stand About p. m. one of the
pumps worked for while but 1t had to be apan-
doned because ii was so chOked with coal In the
saloon the water washing around ankle deep and the
work of steward and the crew III 6ang 1t out was
almost In vain The morning of last Friday found the
Bermuda in about bad condition as ever, but the
had ubsded the Wind was moderate ana ee oar
trying to shift coal and clear the bges ana pumps
About IL when the WORK ndu inaue gOOu pIotEcs-
blew out and into thousand pieces Instantly the en-.
ns hs a%mer pe Started making about four Knots
an hour This was increased the mex: morning to
Snasr Wter The crew had been working hard for
with hand and steam pumps to get the water out
The purssr and Captain Forbes formerly of the wrecked
bark sprngbrook kept the watches for the tired crew
BY evening of Saturday the vessel was felt to be out
The passengers were loud praise of the heroic
work Of the captain and all hands connected with the
among them when the vessel was rolling and staggering
under hurricane which poured In torrents into
that the hight had beena gallant one The cabin pass
engers were: ]. A. Dupont n W. Dupont, j. A fertas,
wife and Captain Forbes and wife and three children
One OF the most remarkable features OF the experience
The steamship Santiago, which arrived here from san
tiago yesterday, met the storm on August - and -
and the ship sustained no damage
The steamer Ohio, Captain Sergeant IN command IhsI
she sailed August l6. reports that ON August 26 In
latitude rs longitude So at a. M strong ny gaze
ometer fell from 2957 2s2o the wind for two hours
to the northwest and moderated The Ohio sustained
10 The Vocn. storm in the South Atlantic has delayed
the arrival Of all south-bo vessels but no serious
alarm is yet felt about them The Knicksrboeker OF the
August 20. She is overdue two and half days. The
agents Of the line in this crofess to feel no doubt as
PEELED to Law to or to alter her by meeting the
hurricane and this would late The vessel is
staunchiy built Clark q Seaman, OF Wilmington, Del,
having constructed her in 1873 She fs 2o6 feet ong,
has IS feet OF beam IL feet depth of hold and registers
1912 tons. She has five watertight bulkhcads Cap
tain Frank Kemble commands her and her crew mum,
hers thirty two men. Her general one and
she carried seventeen and seventeen cabin
passengers Her passenger list is as follows
CABIN.
Tracev Waller J. L. Bradford
7. H.. Patterson. Miss M Lyles
ID BERNARD L. Eilenburg and wife,
A. Ferguson, Y. w. EilenDurS
Mrs John Anderson, Paul Ellenburg,
The rev r. NJ Letily, ID. C. Randall,
]. Mcbride. o. Languy,
Mira NJ Maher, T. X Smith
sTEERAGE.
7 J. Peterman. Daniel Wilhelm,
J. Il. Vanfegaer, Mr.. Desportes
John Fisher, +. Sabilsky,
CHARLES Sirnor Vente NORTH.
Trsncsno Franco Miss Bridget Gallagher.
Miss Mary Gallagher, joseph ThOman, wife and three
Joseph Horgan. Children